HTC launches One S9 phone with Helio X10, 2GB RAM and BoomSound

HTC has announced a new One range phone -- in Germany -- putting to rest rumours that the company was done with the line-up in the HTC 10 era. The phone, called the HTC One S9 seems to be exclusive to Germany for now, with no word yet reagrding its global availabilty and pricing. The One S9 has been priced at roughly around $565 (which is about Rs 37,587 in INR).

The HTC S9 looks like a follow-up to last year's M9 in looks. In fact it's almost identical to it save from the front where the S9 misses out on a physical home button with fingerprint scanner. Instead, the S9 comes with a speaker cut-out. Speaking of which, the One S9 comes with stereo BoomSound speakers on this one.

The One S9 comes with a 5-inch FullHD Super LCD screen and a 2GHz octa-core Mediatek Helio X10 processor with 2GB of RAM under the hood. It has 16GB of internal memory which is further expandable by up to 2TB via microSD card.

The One S9 sports a 13-megapixel camera on the rear with f/2.0 aperture, autofocus and optical image stabilisation along with a 4-megapixel (UltraPixel) camera on the front. It is backed by a 2,840mAh battery.

HTC recently launched the HTC 10 flagship phone. The phone boasts of a new metal design, better camera, improved performance and possibly better battery life over its predecessor phone, the One M9 (M9+), claims the company. The phone has been launched at a starting price of $699 (which roughly translates to Rs 46,413).

The HTC 10 comes with a full-metal unibody with distinct chamfers. It comes with a fingerprint scanner and a USB Type-C port. It comes with a 5.2-inch QuadHD super LCD 5 display and Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 820 processor with 4GB RAM and 32GB/64GB internal memory which is further expandable by up to 2TB via microSD card. The phone runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow-based Sense 7 UI and supports 4G LTE connectivity.

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